Hi Graeme... On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:16, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What if U-Boot created a cpio archive on the fly and passed this to the > Linux kernel as a persistent ramfs? The ramfs would be sperate fromt he > initramfs (not used in the boot process - simply used to efficiently pass > data from the boot loader to user-space). This could allow the passing of > arbitrary data from the boot loader, through the kernel and into user > space. > > Does this sound like a harebrained idea? I have no experience in boot loader thingies and such, but I think your idea sounds simple but efficient enough to transport the data gathered during boot stage into user space. And it's quite platform independent too.... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
